I don’t hate Aaron Rodgers.

Aaron Rodgers in a recent podcast said something that I have heard from quite a few non-black people, notably white people.

That being, “What have they done for the black community”, and by they, people such as Rodgers means the government or politicians.

I find this statement interesting because it is quite a loaded statement because it is intended to have black people question the government as if black people already believe or trust the government. The statement is meant to tell black people that a rouse or veil is being put upon us, because for some odd reason…we may be too ignorant or emotional to see it.

However in a slight defense of Rodgers, he may be responding to Black people’s own chagrin about government, to best of his ability, i.e., within the limitations of his ow knowledge about black issues. Yet, even if this is a response to what black people are saying, the intention of statements by Rodgers can still serve to undermine the actual intent or concern of black people because Rodgers is applying his own libertarian idea and that’s not what most black people necessarily want.

Statements such as “what have they done for black community” in a way is sort of offensive, because it puts words into black people’s mouths as if these thoughts aren’t already well understood by the black community.

It also makes a person like Rodgers or whomever else says such things appear to be sympathetic when really they may not care about black community issues.

Further, such statements naturally goes against the modern Democratic Party because the DNC is seen as being more pro-government, so there is a underlying anti-government and libertarian angle to such statements, and Rodgers even admits this by praising Ron Paul – as if this is still 2008 when Ron was relevant, and as if Ron Paul despite his amicable nature didn’t have controversies.

When people, such as Aaron say things like this, they are really searching for black validation of their own worldview and beliefs.

Aaron naturally did this being on a podcast hosted by his black teammate as a means of sounding “down” or ironically, “woke”.

I don’t think black people are necessarily overly trusting of government, but if government is to exist it is meant to help.

The reality is that government fails all the time, but the principle that government can be a tool of useful change still stands.

This is what many conservatives fail to grasp because they are so ideologically opposed to government.

Liberals, the Left, or even a large swath of the Black American population don’t care for this type of government necessarily, but rather want a different government, i.e., a new social contract, where government is actually a positive force.

Conservatives don’t seem to get this and then in turn use gaslighting methods to attempt to throw supposed hypocrisies back into the Left of Liberals faces. For example, wanting Medicare for All doesn’t mean people want the Department of War to expand. Wanting to save the Postal Service doesn’t mean more drone strikes.

Further, “they” have done many things for the black community, and black people have done many things for ourselves without government and with government.

Also, I would argue that Aaron’s libertarianism is nothing more than “woke Republican” politics. Yet, libertarianism is often used by the capitalist class who are the ones hijacking and ruining government to begin with.